Our Happy Family

In Loving Memory

2011-11-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

How is it possible that one year ago you passed away? Time has gone so fast and yet so slow. There has not been a day that has gone by that I have not thought about what a special person you are. Ryan you are truly missed by every single person that has had the opportunity of knowing you. What an amazing husband, father, son, brother and friend.

Ryan I love you so much and am so grateful to have you as an older brother.

Our Crazy Halloween

2011-11-01T10:02:00.000-07:00

This Halloween was SO much fun!!!! Maycie loved every single thing about it and actually got everything. There is no greater joy in the world than watching your baby experience new and exciting things. From carving and painting pumpkins to dressing up in costumes and trick or treating, Mayc loved every second of it.

Thanks mom and dad for the delicious tortilla soup and carving pumpkin fest, Mandy for inviting us to come trunk or treating with you, and Aaron for LOVING to dress up.

This Halloween was a definite success!

Snowbird in October

2011-10-17T13:11:00.000-07:00

Our family loves going up to Snowbird in October. The leaves changing, the cool air is refreshing and combining that with family is all we need.

There have been so many special memories that have gone on up here, we owe a BIG thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Hill for letting us be apart of something so amazing!

One of last year's October photos, Ry you were deeply missed!!!!

Arts and Crafts with Maycie

2011-10-13T17:52:00.000-07:00

Mayc and I have been bored the past couple days, being sick at home so today we ventured out to the Dollar Store and bought lots of fun little knick knacks for crafts. Maycie had so much fun, a few things might have been out of her age range but non the less she LOVED every second of it.

A new pair of wings

2011-10-06T14:00:00.000-07:00

Maycie LOVES to dress up and so when I saw these wings I had to buy them!

Of course she loves them and has not wanted to take them off at all.

She has decided that for Halloween she wants to be a beautiful butterfly.

Having a 2 year old has to be THE greatest thing that has ever happened to me

(Besides Aaron of course!)

Cutest thing I have ever seen!

Love you Mayc

Girls night out with Mary Poppins

2011-09-24T13:45:00.000-07:00

Last night my mom surprised Whit and I with tickets to go see the Broadway of Mary Poppins up at the Capital Theatre in Salt Lake and it was SO GOOD!!!!! We sat in the third row from the front which was amazing. We loved every second of it.

Thanks to the best mom in the world!

We love you.

One last summer trip

2011-09-07T13:53:00.001-07:00

One of favorite family trips is Lake Powell. The scenery, the company, the water, THE FOOD, and when you don't have your child with you it makes it all the more relaxing

(Thanks Mom Bingham!)

I am so grateful for such amazing parents who love to take these kind of trips with their kids!

Happy Birthday Mom and Dad

2011-09-03T11:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my Mom and Dad.

Both born on the same day, just a year apart.

Whit and I surprised them with a few decorations in their room.

Mom got some makeup for her gift so Ellie decided to get Grandpa looking as pretty as ever:)

And then it was Ellie and Clara's turn.

We love you two so much and are so grateful for such wonderful, loving, caring parents who have taught us SO much. I hope and pray that Aaron and I can be as great as parent as you two were with raising the five of us.

2 year old photos

2011-08-08T13:03:00.001-07:00

My mom and I went outside the other day and snapped a few pictures of Maycie for her 2 year old pictures. They turned out so cute!!!!

Thanks mom you're the best!!!

Happy Birthday to Aaron and Me!

2011-08-01T13:00:00.000-07:00

Well I decided it was time for an update on our little family. Besides now being 19 weeks pregnant, Aaron and I recently celebrated our birthdays!!! So fun but it seems that as the years progress birthdays just seem overrated which is such a bummer but luckily we have this little girl to get us through them:)

Early morning at the ballon festival

My birthday at the parade.

Grandma, mom, dad and Clara

Aaron had his 10 year reunion so the next day we decided to do a BBQ pool party with the friends and celebrate his birthday.

Dinner with Em and Don

Thanks mom and dad!!!!!

Now just another year older we have a lot to celebrate in the next year to come!

Maycie turns 2

2011-06-28T12:20:00.000-07:00

I can not get over the fact that our beautiful baby girl turned 2!

She had such a fun birthday. She loved getting presents, loved having a party and LOVED blowing out her candles on her cake.

Mayc with uncle Jax and cousin Ellie

Love Big Brothers!

Maycie's cake that took 3 days to make

How cute are these cheeks???

Grandpa and his girls

Grandpa, Mayc and Grandma

The Bingham Clan, so fun having them come down from Montana!

Our cute little family, soon to be four:)

Love you Maycie girl

Maycie's First visit to the ER

2011-06-21T12:55:00.000-07:00

Taking a child to the Er is the most horrible thing to have to do. Especially at 1:00 in the morning! Last night around 11:00 Mayc woke up coughing so as I checked her video monitor I saw that her body was convulsing, that is not a normal thing to see. As I went to check on her I found her covered in throw up, it was ALL over her bed, bumper, blankets and it was the saddest sight. We quickly got her out of bed and Aaron got her into the bath. That left me in charge of cleaning it ALLLLLL up. Well a pregnant mom who already has problems keeping anything down + cleaning up this mess= A pretty nasty sight. After I got everything cleaned Aaron and I took turns rocking Mayc as she continued to throw up every half hour, totally lethargic, with eyes sunken in. Finally I could not stand seeing her this way anymore, I called a nurse to see what she thought about us taking Mayc to the Emergency Room and she agreed, Mayc needed a doctor.

Luckily there was no wait we got right in. They monitored Mayc for a while, tried to give her medicine which came back up so after 3 more times of throwing up they hooked her up to a IV and got the fluids pumping. 3 hours and a lot of screaming and crying later we were able to take Maycie home and get her into bed.

This morning she is doing alot better. Not able to eat any solids only drinking clear liquids and sucking on lots of popsicles (Which she is totally ok with). Our little girl is almost back to herself. Thank goodness this was the first and hopefully the last experience in the ER, at least for a while anyway.

#2 here we come;)

2011-06-06T12:45:00.001-07:00

Baby number two, here we come!!!

A few months after RY passed I started feeling like it was time to get pregnant again. I was terrified because with Maycie I was soooo sick and the thought of having to go through that again made me nauseous. But as I watch Macy grow and laugh and talk all of that fear disappears and I know that it's time to bring another precious baby into our family.

There is nothing in this world that compares to being a parent. It is truly the greatest gift that we are blessed with and Aaron and I could not be more excited.

Maycie is also very excited to have a new baby, not that she fully understands right now, she will lift up my shirt and say," Mom, I wanna see the baby, where is it?" (So confused)

We can't wait for December for our little baby Bingham to be making its debut!

Cruisin the Mexican Riviera

2011-06-01T14:15:00.000-07:00

My parents are 2 very special and amazing people. They offered to take us all on a cruise and we were all very excited it. We had a blast and loved being able to spend so much time together. It was alot different not having the life of the party with us, Ry was missed more than words can begin to explain.

Cruise ship

Puerta Vallarta

Surfin in Cabo

Elegant dinner night

Put put on the ship

Thanks mom and dad for such a great time, your the best!!!!!!

Happy Easter

2011-04-27T14:35:00.000-07:00

This Easter was beautiful and very special. It was very hard with Ry missing but so wonderful to know that we will see him again because of what our amazing Savior did for us. I love the gospel, love my family, love my life and am grateful for all that I have.

Spring Skiing???

2011-04-22T12:39:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday we though it would be fun to do one last ski day. We looked at the weather and it said HIGH of 65, we were stoked, I like to ski but I LOVE to spring ski when its nice and warm and your face is not freezing as you ride up the lift, instead you can catch a few rays and LOVE your life. AS we drove up to Snowbird the clouds started to move in and by the time we got out of the car it was SNOWING??? not cool!

dad, mom, aaron, me, jax, trev, whit, nic

MISSED YOU RY!

Half way through the day, the clouds broke and the sun began to shine. Thank goodness, what a good way to end the season!

Thanks family:)

"Mommy, its so fun!"

2011-04-13T14:06:00.000-07:00

Hogle Zoo

Maycie LOVED the zoo, she had "So fun, So So fun" I was a bit worried about her nap since she would miss it but she did great, I think having her cousins there helped:)

Choo Choo

Maycie and Annika

Mayc LOVED the camels, she kept saying,"Mom its a camel, mom its daddy." Who knows what she meant;)

US with the Tigers

Mayc also loves the elephants, she did not want to stop looking at them she kept saying,"WOW, elepant pptttt(aka elephant sound)"

We loved the Zoo and will definitely be venturing back again this summer!

Maycie and Josie

2011-03-31T13:13:00.000-07:00

A few weekends ago we went to St. George with our good friends.

Puck and Aaron went down to Vegas for the BYU basketball game so Jess and I stayed with the girls and did all we could to entertain them.

We went to the cutest, out door water play place and Mayc and Jos had SO much fun!

We also went to the park and meet up with Grandma Hill so that Mayc could show off all of her tricks for her. As soon as Grandma got their Maycie started running around yelling, "Grandma, watch this." "Grandma watch me." "Grandma, Peek a Boo." Oh no who's child is she????

We had so much fun this weekend and Maycie had SOOOO much fun with her best bud Josie.

Thanks Herifords!

"Mom, jump jump???"

2011-03-20T19:41:00.001-07:00

Today Grandma and Grandpa took the grandkids to 'Jump On It' where they had so much fun!! This is the second time Mayc has come here and as we are walking through the door she looks at me and says, "Mom, jump jump?" I said ya Mayc and she yells, "YEAH" oh goodness, the cutest thing ever.

Grandma said she would give the kids a dollar for every basket they made so they were working really really hard to make some money.

Mayc discovered the blow up slide and did not want to leave after riding it 13 times.

Loving the elephant

Cutest photo ever, Maycie absolutely LOVES her cousins and Grandparents and can't get enough of them

Anni, Ellie and Maycie

Happiest girl ever!!

Where has the time gone???

2011-02-27T20:58:00.001-08:00

So I have not really wanted to do anything with my blog since my brother passed. I just have not really had the drive to do it. But with family and friends all over the U.S. I think its about time to catch you up the last few months of our little family and our crazy baby (not so baby anymore) Maycie!

This is Mayc first bubble bath and she went crazy in it and absolutely LOVED it.

Such a cute little poser;)

Mayc checking herself out in the mirror with her sensational glasses!

She got into her box of old clothes and found ALL of her tutus and decided that she wanted to wear ALL of them, so cute, already playing dress-ups.

She was also having a moment and wanted to play with her baby toy??

For my sister in laws birthday we went to Brick Oven, and when Mayc gets around her cousins she acts a lot older than she is, it is hilarious.

My parents decided to take all the grandkids to dinner and bowling and they had a blast. Maycie tried SOOO hard to pick up the bowling ball because she wanted to do what everyone else was doing, she was so sad she couldn't do it by herself.

Mayc found this skirt in our sewing pile and really wanted to wear it, after she put it on she told me she wanted to have fun and watch mouse (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) she is obsessed.

The two loves of my life!

Mayc just woke up from her nap and wanted to snuggle with her cousin Hazel and her bear.

My Dad bought this Rhino to take to St. George so that the grandkids could ride just like the adults. I thought for sure Mayc would be scared of it and not want to ride but she LOVED it. She had so much fun that the other day we were getting into the car and she pointed to the Rhino and said," Rhino?" and I said "Ya Mayc thats the Rhino." she said "Is it fun?" and I said "So much fun" she came back with "Yeah!!!! Mom it is so much fun, so fun, so fun!"

She is definitely The cutest little girl in the world.

Helping Dad and the cousins shovel the sports court.

Me and the cousins. Maycie can't get enough of them!

In loving memory

2010-11-12T13:17:00.000-08:00

Jeffrey Ryan Hill "Greatest brother in the WORLD!"

1977-2010

I wanted to pay a tribute to my oldest brother who recently passed away due to a dirt bike accident. Ryan is and was one of the most important people in my life. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to say that HE IS MY BROTHER. There is not another person that I know who is so humble, loving, kind, charitable, sweet, wonderful, and so much more. Ryan was so full of life , he had a smile that would melt your heart and a laugh that was so contagious you could not help but laugh. He could have you laughing when he walked into a room and have you crying two seconds later. Ryan would always make you feel like you were the most important person in the world, always putting you first and himself last. I truly do not know how we will live without this amazing man. I ache inside thinking that I will not see him again on this earth. Dinners, holidays, birthdays, family vacations will never ever be the same. Ryan was like medicine, no matter what you were going through he could make everything better, your worries and stress would just disappear any time that he was near. He was such a family man, always wanting to be where everyone else was. He was a wonderful daddy and an amazing husband. I am so grateful to his beautiful wife Mandy and their amazing four little children.

Ryan you will always be apart of me, you make me want to be a better person and I know that you will help me do that. You will always live on in our hearts. I love you to the moon and back and I can not wait for the day I get to see your beautiful face again.

My Little Kitty

2010-11-01T10:44:00.000-07:00

Lately Maycie has been loving kitty cats, she LOVES to say MEOW and loves to clap, and click her tongue for our neighbors kitty to come and sit by her (so cute)! So me and my mom found her THE cutest little kitty outfit for Halloween and Maycie loved it. She never wanted to take it off.

Grandma and Grandpa just had given Maycie a bag full of treats, candy, $2 dollar bills and she was so excited, it was so fun to watch (I can't wait to see how she is when Christmas comes)

Maycie and all of her cute cousins, check out Ellie, LOVE it!

I just can not get over what a little doll she is.

Happy Halloween!!

Snowbird in October

2010-10-26T19:36:00.000-07:00

We love Snowbird, especially in October. The leaves are changing, its nice and cool and when your up in the mountains it does not get any better than that.

We rode the Snowbird tram to the top of the mountains and it was SOOOO beautiful

It was so cold we had to go in and out of the warming hut.

Just our cute little family.

The Whole crew.

Maycie and Grandpa

Mayc and Aunt "Ninee" Whitnie

Sunday at the tram building they hold a one hour sacrament meeting. Mayc did great, we should always have only a one hour meeting, hahaha

Thanks mom and dad for a fun trip. We love our fun family traditions!!

Maycie takes her first steps!!!

2010-10-19T20:09:00.000-07:00

Tonight we were just playing with Mayc like a normal night and she accidentally took a few steps. We all freaked out and started clapping and cheering. Well... she LOVED the attention and kept saying more, more, more. So we kept going back and forth between Whit and I, our little Mayc was having a hay-day. She got tired quickly so Aaron ran and got the camera before she stopped and we captured the last steps of the night, between me and my mom.

Nitro Circus

2010-10-15T10:40:00.001-07:00

Last weekend Mayc, Aaron and I went down to see Nitro Circus, we had so much fun and surprisingly so did Mayc. She absolutely loved it and was totally enthralled with the motorcycles and the loud noises.

Later Whit and Nic joined us.

We had soooo much fun and were so stoked to be able to see the gang of Nitro Circus live and so up close:)

Something New!

2010-10-06T15:17:00.000-07:00

Maycie was so excited when she was exploring the other day and found the tupperware cabinet.

Who knew that something so small could make a little girl soooo happy?

Guess I know what she is getting for Christmas...hahaha

Lion King

2010-09-22T09:35:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago my parents took all of the kids to see the Lion King and the Capital Theatre in Salt Lake. It was AMAZING!!!! We loved it and I am still singing the songs in my head.

Before hand we went to eat at the famous PIE pizzeria, mmmm so delicious!

The family, except Ry and Mandy's family, they had already seen it.

Thanks so much mom and dad, we had so much fun!

Last Summer Trip

2010-09-18T15:33:00.000-07:00

California

For our very last getaway trip before it actually gets cold we decided to go to California with Whit and Nic and to leave our little Mayc home with Grandma and Grandpa. I wanted to take her but the other three were against it and told me we would be able to do alot more with out having to work around nap times so I lost the battle and we didn't bring Mayc:(

Some DisneyLand Fun

Little bit of beach food at "Papa's Tacos" and Diet Coke (delish)

Lovin the Angels!!!!

Exercising with Toby

Dinner at Magginanos (Best Italian Food ever made!!)

And of course some Beach Time, even though the water was so cold you still got to hit up the beach.

So all in all we had so much fun. Missed Mayc like crazy but the crew ended up being right, it would have been a totally different trip if we would have taken Mayc.

ThE LEavEs ArE ChAngINg

2010-09-14T09:18:00.000-07:00

It is amazing to look up into the mountains and see the leaves on the trees starting to change color. It makes me feel 2 emotions, first excitement for the new season and second sadness to wonder how is summer already over? This summer we had so much fun. We were able to do so many fun things like go see the Bingham's in Montana, visit the warm beaches in California, play with our friends in Washington, hang with the Hills in Park City and so much more. Maycie could not get enough of the outdoors. She was always wanting to go out and swing, jump on the tramp, go swimming or just go on walks. It was so fun to watch her start to explore on her own, looking at all of the fun colors around her. She has grown so quickly and is in the funnest stage right now. Her personality is hilarious, has to be front and center of everyones attention and if she is not she will yell at you until she is. Oh how we love our little bug.

28 and counting...

2010-07-28T15:59:00.001-07:00

Happy 28th Birthday Big Boy!!!

While we were up at Snowbird we celebrated Aarons 28th Birthday!!!

Before he left for work I made him some yummy, nutritious pancakes.

Mayc and I picked out a cute shirt for A and he decided to pick up some sweet sunglasses on the way home.

Dad and Mom givin him some 'dolla dolla bills yall!'

Just the gang hangin out

Make a wish.

For dinner we went to Outback Steak house.....mmmm delicious. So yummy but no name on a plate with dessert???

So cute, Mayc lovin Uncle Nic's glasses.

Happy Birthday Babe, I love you so much hope your 28 year of life is amazing!!!

Happy 26th Birthday to ME!!!

2010-07-22T10:30:00.000-07:00

Happy 26th Birthday

For my birthday Aaron took me to Cheesecake Factory, the yummiest place ever!

I would have probably gone there just to see my name on the plate though..

Went to the parade and meet up with all of my family.

This is Mayc with Great Grandma Hill.

Look at her cute Tutu, I wish I got a better picture of it though, I was so proud of myself for making it.

Thank goodness Ryan went and camped out that night and got a good place in the shade, it was so hot out there that day!!! Gotta LOVE the summer. ( I know I sure do)

Birthday Party at the house. Thanks to Whit for making my cute yummy fruit pizza birthday cake. It was soooo delicious, you just might be the Next Food Network Star..hahaha.

Thanks everyone who came and celebrated with me it was so much fun.

PS- Thanks for the watch mom... I absolutely LOVE it.

My Beautiful Baby

2010-07-01T21:17:00.000-07:00

Our little love had her 1 year old photos taken the other day and these are just a few that our amazing photographer sent to me as a sneek peek.

It was so much fun watching Mayc as she got her pictures taken, she loves the camera, as you can see.
Thank you Quinci, you did an amazing job.

Maycie's Birthday Party

2010-06-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

Happy Happy Birthday Maycie Dear....

We love you so much and are so grateful for you and what a sweet little baby you are. Thank you so much to everyone who came to the birthday, it was so good to see you all, Friends, Sisters (In-Laws) and Brothers (In-Laws), Grandma's and Grandpa's. We love you all and are so glad you could come and celebrate Maycie's BIG day. Thank you for all the cute presents, you guys are all seriously the best. Maycie loves everything!!!!

Maycie's 1st Birthday

2010-06-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

Happy 1st Birthday Maycie

Well it has officially happened, my little baby girl has turned ONE!!! So crazy just how fast time flies. It definitely does not feel like it has been a year since I had this little tiny, new born baby in my arms feeling scared to death that I did not know what to do and how to take care of her. Well.....we made it through. We have had our bad times (the first 6 months of her colicky stage and none stop crying) and the last 6 months of the greatest time of our lives. Aaron and I are so blessed to have this amazing little girl to share our lives with. She has done nothing but melt our hearts this past year. We love her so much and can't wait to see what she has in store for us this next year of her life.

Grandma and Grandpa Jeffs present!

She could not get over the box.

Daddy and Mayc giving loves.

Had to just stick this one in here, not the best of me but

Mayc looks so dang cute!!!! As you can see, loves the

camera (LOL!)

Went to Pei Wei for lunch, soooo delicious.

Mayc of course choose, she's got great taste.

Uncle Ryan joined us.

Such a mischievous look on her face.

Love the finger sucking.

Grandma and Grandpa Hill stopped by and dropped

off a present. The cutest swim suit and Fisher Price

Rolling phone. She loves it, Thanks you guys.

Grandpa trying to steal a kiss. She is very

stingy about her kisses.

So cute of her and Grandma.

Then it was time for mom and dads presents. She loved this singing light up band, she is so funny because she knows how to dance and so she would push the instruments and dance but look around to make sure EVERYBODY was watching her. Where in the world would she get that from???? ( Hahahaha) Must be her dad.

Just hanging out and playing with all her toys. All in all she had such a great first birthday. Thank you to everyone who called and came to visit, we love all of you and can't thank you enough!!!

Summer Fun in the Sun

2010-06-10T14:41:00.001-07:00

Today was the 1st time Mayc was in the pool and now she can't get enough!

She is so cute anytime we go near the pool she starts talking and pointing to get in. It makes me so happy that she is comfortable in the pool but it also makes me nervous at the same time. Maybe we need to start swim lessons early?

Just relaxing and takin it easy.

Aunt Whit and little Mayc

As you can see Mayc is getting so big, it's crazy just how fast time goes. It feels like we were just getting ready for her to come and now she will be turning one in less than a week. (Ahh)

Maycie absolutely loves the camera, anytime we get it out she just starts smiling (takes after mom I guess..LOL)

Goodbye Amber

2010-06-08T10:36:00.000-07:00

SISTER AMBER BINGHAM

After a few months of waiting Amber finally got her mission call to HONG KONG!

And now... a few weeks later its time to say goodbye.

We're so excited for you and know that your going to be such an amazing missionary. We love you and are going to miss you so much. We will especially miss all those Sundays of coming over and babysitting Maycie while we go to church and those few date nights we were able to have, AHHH what will we do without you? You are so awesome and the people of Hong Kong will be so lucky to have you in their lives. Your seriously so wonderful, love you again and we will see you in 1 year and a half!!!!!

Play Date

2010-05-06T20:58:00.000-07:00

Today we had a fun play-date with our cute little friend Livee Benson. Livee is 3 months older then Maycie and they are seriously so cute together. We have had so much fun living right next to Jared and Heather and having the girls be so close.

I could not stop laughing at this. Livee kept teasing Mayc by putting a goldfish up to Maycie's mouth and when she would open it Livee would pull it away. It was funny to Mayc the first 3 or 4 times and then she just started to get frustrated and would grab them herself and put them in her mouth.

Spring Break in Cali

2010-04-19T20:34:00.000-07:00

Disney Land

For Spring Break my parents decided that it would be so much fun to take the kids, grandkids and grandparents (dad's parents) to Disneyland. Added up that makes 18 people, minus one, my little Maycie!! Crazy huh

It ended up being a trip never to forget, we all had so much fun together.

So this is the crew, minus grandparents and Trevor's family.

Mom and Dad with all the brothers and Sisters

Mom and Dad with the grandkids

Oh my word, cutest little Clara.

Big Sister Ellie

she is only 6 and already a rock star!

"It's a Small World"

Sure is, seriously 1/2 of the State of Utah was there

Fun little Photo of everyone.

Hunnington Beach

It was so warm and sunny, we were so glad to have left the snow behind.

Whit and I

Ry and I

Knotts Berry Farm

To end the trip we had to last visit Knotts, so much fun but so crowded.

We were there ALL day and hit a total of 4 rides.

It's okay to be a little jealous of this picture!!

Probably the funnest ride at Knotts, " Ghost Rider"

And last but not least probably the funniest photo of the whole trip.

Lookin good Ry.

Thanks mom and dad for such s fun trip.

Easter

2010-04-14T09:19:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter

We had so much fun today, Mayc got a new easter dress (thanks grandma and grandpa), she had her first Easter egg hunt, and we found 27 gold coins, actually I found 7 and Aaron found the other 20, good job babe :)

Cousin Ellie and Maycie.

Ellie, McKay, Clara and Maycie.

Dad, Mom and sweet little Maycie.

First Smile for the Camera

2010-02-04T13:59:00.000-08:00

Being a parent doesn't get any better than this! I just have to share these few pictures of her smiling.

We love our little bug, she is such a cutie and brings the sweetest spirit into our home.

My little Maycie Bug

2010-01-26T16:04:00.000-08:00

Our little Maycie bug just turned 7 months. Last week we had our 6/7 month checkup she is now in the 2nd percentile for weight at a whopping 13.5 pounds and 22nd for height.

Being a mom truly is the greatest blessing that anyone can hope for. It is so rewarding watching her grow and become an actual little person and develop such a sweet personality. Its also another blessing being able to stay at home with little Mayc, thanks to my sweet hubby for working so hard so that I don't have to.

Christmas

2009-12-29T10:38:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays

Get ready for lots and lots of pics!!

Chynoweth (moms side) Family Christmas Party

Hill Christmas Cabin

Christmas Day at Mom and Dads

My Christmas from my hubby

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T14:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving from Montana.

We are so thankful for our little Maycie, she is so precious and is such a blessing in our home. Babies are truly a remarkable thing, the way they are able to grow, the fun noises that they make and the sweet little smiles they give. We are having so much fun being parents and could not be more thankful on this Thanksgiving Day.

Girls Night Out!

2009-11-20T18:50:00.000-08:00

Mom, me ,Whit and Maycie decided it was time for a girls night out.

We took off and went shopping up in Salt Lake, went to dinner and then went and stayed the night up in Snowbird. In the morning me and mom went running up to Alta, Whit stayed and watched Mayc. We had so much fun, it is so nice living so close to family.
Love you Ladies!!! PS-Thanks for everything mom

Happy Halloween

2009-11-02T17:54:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!!!

YIKES!! Yes, this is my husband...pretty scary huh? He decided to go emmo and then decided to be punk rock so drew a tattoo and we put some makeup on him and he was lovin his life!

Me "Butterfly", Maycie "Ladybug" and Aaron..he didnt really go with our Bug theme..O well.

Jess and Puck "Socket and plug" and cute little Josie "Nemo"

Whit "Officer Naughty" & Nick "Jail Bird"

Maycie and Aaron

Kensie and Maycie

Our cute little happy family

Sleepy after a long night of fun!

4 months on Friday!

2009-10-10T13:15:00.000-07:00

Time goes way to fast!

I can not believe that Maycie is already turning 4 months old. It is so crazy to me, it seems like yesterday I was still pregnant and teaching. I have to admit I seriously miss teaching but being a stay at home mom is the most rewarding job in the WORLD!

Maycie looked so cute the other day that we had our own little photo shoot.

Look at those little skinny legs, I could just eat them up.

You might think it can't get any cuter than this but you would be wrong.

Isn't she the cutest baby you have ever seen!! I just can not get enough of her and her cute little self. About a month ago she started to smile and goo and now we can't get her to stop.(Not like we would want her to). She also has started to roll over onto her back from her tummy yea!!! It is just so fun to watch and see her grow everyday.

We love you so much little Maycie!

Maycie and her cousins

2009-09-12T21:33:00.001-07:00

It is so crazy to see just how fast Maycie is growing, she just turned 3 months on the 16th and just keeps getting bigger and taller..now weighing a whopping 10 pounds and is 22 1/2 inches tall.

Maycie and Clara

Maycie and Ellie.

Maycie is so lucky to have such great cousins. Ellie and Clara are so cute around Maycie, they love holding her and giving her lots of luvs. It is so fun to finally have Ryan and his family home from New Jersey, we missed you guys! Now time for Trevor and his family to move back.

Baby Maycie's Blessing

2009-09-12T21:13:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago we had all our family up for Maycie's Blessing. She looked so beautiful in the blessing dress I wore 25 years ago.

Her daddy gave her the most amazing blessing, we are so lucky to have him in our lives.

Just relaxing before we went up to my parents for the big day.

It turned out so good, thank you to all those who supported us on this big day. We are so lucky to have so many family members and loved ones that live so close. We love you all!

Good ol' Montana

2009-08-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

Last week we were able to go and visit Aaron's family in Montana. Maycie's 1st road trip and I'll tell you what.. not sure I want to do that again. Going there she was amazing, slept almost the entire time but coming back was a different story. It was exactly opposite, she cried almost the entire 7 hour car ride. Probably the sadest thing I have ever had to go through in my life. It broke my heart.

While in Montana we went shooting, it was my very first time shooting any type of gun. I was ablt to shoot a 20 gage shot gun and a 22 rifle. YIKES!!!
I almost chomped my teeth out the first shot.

Em and Don. Amber and Em.

Dad B. Lookin good...

My first run through. After I shot the first shot I was so surprised that I turned to tell everyone I almost chomped my two front teeth out and I guess I forgot I was holding a gun and pointed it at everyone. Oops... not a good idea!

This is Aaron shooting a Bear gun.

This gun is so loud that when it goes off

you can feel the wind from the shot.

Nope...didn't try this one.

While we were there we had some family photos taken.

Maycie decided to have a blow out in the way there in

her really cute outfit that all I had with me to change her

into was a onesie. Oh well she is still cute in whatever she

wears.

Our cute little family

Good job on the pictures Dad.

Our Precious Baby

2009-08-10T15:31:00.001-07:00

I know that I have been slacking lately but it is a lot of work....Being a FULL time mom. I hardly get anything done....

Sometimes we stay at my parents after a long night so we don't have to wake Maycie. Plus its nice because my mom is such a great helper when she wakes up in the middle of the night.
THANKS MOM!!!!

I can not get over just how precious she is.. We love her

so much, and can't get enough of her.

Her first real Bath... She loved it until we pulled out the camera.

Don't you just want to squeeze her?

So cute. I love how she is looking at the camera.

Just visiting Grandma and Grandpa Hill

Our Precious Baby... We love her so much and love watching her grow each day. She is so fun and such a blessing to our family.

Happy 25th Birthday

2009-07-05T20:12:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!!

I have to say I definitely got my birthday wish of having Maycie come early, we love her so much and are so grateful for her and her sweet little spirit.

Aaron deserves the Best Daddy Award, he has been so great through everything and has been there for me whenever I have needed anything. I love you babe

All the wonderful people who celebrated this special day with me.
Amber, Donny, Em, Heather, Jared, Livee me and Aaron

Darell, Karen, Grandma and Grandpa

And the people who made it possible, 25 years and nine months ago.

LOVE YOU!!!

Maycie Lyn Bingham

2009-06-28T17:45:00.001-07:00

Maycie Lyn Bingham

What a joy it has been having this amazing, healthy, beautiful little girl in our lives these past two weeks. She is such a miracle and we can't get enough of her. She definitely has us wrapped around her little finger.

She's here!

2009-06-19T16:43:00.000-07:00

Hello All,

If you didn't hear yet our little Maycie decided she didn't want to wait till the 5th of July to take center stage. After a false alarm Monday night Kensie woke up Tuesday morning (the 16th) convinced Maycie was on her way. Not wanting to Cry wolf two days in a row Kensie had Sherrie (Kensie's Mom) bring her down to the hospital that afternoon to be checked out. After being at the hospital an hour she had dilated from a 2 to 3 as well as was experiencing frequent strong contractions. After receiving an epidural she progressed quickly in the labor before too long she was at a 6 and on to a 10! The nurse called for the Doc and prepared for delivery not a moment too soon. By the time to Doc walked in Maycie was well on her way. For a brief moment I thought I was going to have to step up to the plate and deliver the baby old school! Literally the moment the Doc walked in the door and got Kensie into position Maycie just slid right out. Didn't even require a push.

To make a long story short Kensie and Maycie are both doing great!

Maycie Lyn Bingham

Born 6/16/09, 9:54 pm, 6.10oz 19in

Love,

Aaron, Kensie & Maycie

3 Weeks and counting

2009-06-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

Yeah.... I am almost there, just a few more weeks.

5 weeks to go...

2009-05-27T14:10:00.000-07:00

5 weeks to go and lovin Del Taco!!!!

So I don't know what happened but one day I started loving Del Taco's bean and cheese burrito's. One day I was leaving the doctors office and right next door is Del Taco so I decided to stop in and next thing you know.... I'm addicted.

And apparently so is Aaron.

Baby Shower

2009-05-27T13:37:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday my mom, sister and sister-in-law threw me a baby shower and it was so much fun. I got so many cute baby clothes, diapers, breast pump (thanks mom), car seat and stroller (thanks mom-in-law), gift certificates (thanks whit) and so much more.

We had so much fun food..salads, salsa, rolls, fruit and cute cupcakes. Thanks to Mom and Mandy.

Mandy, me, Mom and Whit.

Me and my wonderful mother.

These are the great ladies that I teach with.
Terri, Emily, Norma Jean, me and Anndee

My high school girls.
Cara, Ais, Meg, me, Jaque, Tiff and Jen

Thank you to all who came to support me and Maycie. We are so excited to have her and can't wait till July 5th!!!!

Mothers Day

2009-05-12T07:42:00.001-07:00

Happy Mother Day MOM!!

Sunday we went up to my parents house for the first barbeque of the season.
It was so pretty and nice outside
I love barbeque's. It is the true sign of Summer

Whit, Jax, Dad, Nick and my beautiful mother.

MOM, her dad, his wife and DAD

Happy Mothers Day Mom we sure love you!!!

8 weeks to go!!

2009-05-11T07:50:00.000-07:00

So I have been counting down the days until school ended and realized that I only have 8 weeks left of pregnancy. This last little bit has gone by pretty fast because of school and end of the year testing. Glad to say that end of the year testing is over but we still have 3 weeks left, 14 days to be exact and now I am not sure just what to do with my kids. This year has been a great last year of teaching and I can't wait just to be a stay at home mom.

Sunny St. George

2009-05-01T17:58:00.000-07:00

I absolutely LOVE St. George. It is the best place to go, just when you want to get away for a few days and go somewhere warm.

Last weekend was my Spring Break at school so we took a short trip so the boys could go biking adn the girls could go swimming and shopping.

Just on our way to the pool. We ended up going to Mesquite bcause it was a bit warmer and my uncle was nice enough to let us borrow his spare house.
Me and mom catching some rays.

Jax and Aaron

Just me and Aaron having a great time. I love this place, hopefully one day we will be living here!! Hopefully

Supercross 09

2009-04-29T17:43:00.000-07:00

Last week Aaron went to a motorcross event up at the Rice Eckles Stadium. It was freezing cold and raining but he still loved every minute of it.

Aaron, Dad, Whit, Nick, Jax and a few cousins.

Nick, Whit, and Aaron

Girls Trip

2009-04-21T07:30:00.000-07:00

For Spring Break, My mom, Whit and I decided to go out and visit my brother Trevor and his family in Indiana, i knew this would be the last time I could go before the baby comes so we left Wednesday and came home the next Tuesday.

Me, Trev and Whit during the Easter Egg hunt.

The kids being so patient to go outside and hunt!

Just playing around. Look how cute my niece and nephew are!
I just love them.

Just woke up and read an I spy book with little Anni.
It was so funny when Maycie would start moving Anni loved it and always wanted to feel her.
My favorite thing that came out of Anni's mouth was,"When is she going to break through your belly?"

We went to the Children's Museum one day and we could not get mom out of the slide, she just couldn't get enough of it!!!

Whit and I with our sweet cap's Superman and Wonderwomen. I could only find a little kids one so as you can see it didn't really fit to well.

Me and Whit in front of the real Batmobile, it might have been one of the coolest cars I have seen.Just the three girls at lunch, Thai my favorite!

Just Eating..again! I love food!

Easter Sunday, we were trying to take a picture and it was not working out to well. The kids just couldn't sit still.

Anni at the toy store, she loved this scooter, it was so funny.

And that about sums up our trip. We had so much fun and I was so glad that we were able to go out and visit. Indiana is so pretty and I just loved it.
Thanks Trev and Holly we love you!

28 Weeks...wa hoo!!

2009-04-07T08:00:00.001-07:00

12 weeks to go and counting.
For those of you who have been asking here are a couple pictures of my belly.
I know it's not to big, but to me it gets bigger every single day.

Yeah, for baby Maycie

Love this week

2009-03-27T12:47:00.000-07:00

Teacher Appreciation Week

I don't think that there is a better week as a teacher than Teacher Appreciation Week. It is so fun, the students bring you all these cute cards, candies, baby blankets, and school supplies. The parents bring you lunch everyday and all these nice gifts and its so fun.

Two of my room moms decorated my door and I had to get a picture of it. It was so fun to see, all the cute flowers, binkies, bows...who could have asked for a cuter door... Mine was the best out of all the teachers in the school!
PS- I know my belly is getting bigger.... it's crazy. I promise it grows every day.

This is another cute thing my room mom made with my students, I just love it!!
Being a teacher really pays off.

It's a GIRL!!!

2009-02-11T16:22:00.000-08:00

We went to the doctors today for our 20 week check up and found out that our baby is a GIRL!!! Yeah, we are so excited and can't wait to start buying cute, fun things. She was being a little stubborn and lying face down, so that means we get to go back in about month to see her again. It is so fun and I just love being able to see her cute little bum, body, hands and feet.

Yeah for Baby Girl Bingham!

PS- Any cute name ideas?

Baby Bingham

2009-01-29T18:52:00.000-08:00

Surprise!!!

For those of you who do not know...Yes, I am pregnant. We are so excited and can't wait to find out the sex in 3 weeks....yea! The due date as of now is July 5th, the day after my birthday! Aaron and I don't really have a preference of girl or boy, we are just so excited. The only thing is... I don't really want to spend my birthday in the hospital and miss all the parade, barbeque, and firework action so hopefullythe baby will be a little early and not a little late.

Sick of Winter

2009-01-13T12:36:00.001-08:00

I am so tired of all of this cold weather. Every winter I say that I am going to move somewhere warm like Arizona, California, even St. George , I just want to get away from the cold. But every winter rolls around and I'm still here.

I decided that I wanted to do a post on where I wish I was right now.

HAWAII

CALIFORNIA

Riding horses on a beach

CARIBBEAN

DISNEYLAND

Really anywhere that is warm....
I'm sick of the cold weather

Christmas in MONTANA

2008-12-26T15:47:00.000-08:00

A little bit of everything happened during our Christmas Break in Montana.

1st and foremost the TRADITION...Donna likes to sign us up for their stake nativity every year we come up for Christmas, this year I was a Shephard along with Amber. Em and Don were Mary and Joseph. Aaron, Dustin and Linus(their German foreign exchange student) were the Wisemen.

Us in action, not to mention, it was nine degrees!!! Montana gets pretty cold in the winter.

SURPRISE!!!While we were up there Dustin had his Quart of Honor. Aaron earned his but had not recieved it because it was right before his move to Texas, so it was a great surprise when Dan called Aaron to come up on stage to recieve his EAGLE.

Dan, Dust, Aaron and Donna

HOT TUB!!!

Em and Dust making Snow Angels

Donny just taking the sled for a ride

Dust flipping

SLEDDING!!!!!!
Em and Don doubling up

Dust posing as he goes down the hill

Me and Aaron

Amber and I

Em, Katie, and Amber. It started to get a little cold.

GUITAR HERO!!!!

Em, Amber and Linus rockin out. Me and Aaron were playing Ping Pong in the background

CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!
Opening my Magic Bullet. I have wanted one of these
for so long and Aaron totally surprised me.

The boys and the very cool sweat shirts.

What a Christmas trip! We had so much fun, we just love being able to go up and spend time with Aarons family. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

CAT ANYONE ????

2008-12-17T07:34:00.001-08:00

Does any of of you out there want the best cat in the world?
She is so cute, her name is Nollie, she already has had her shots,
she is neutered, she is an inside/outside cat, she is super cuddly and loving
We got her when she was born, she is now 1 year and 5 months.
We have to get ride of her because the place we live does not allow cats.
So if there is anyone that would want her please let me know!!!

Whitnie Alexander

2008-12-15T07:38:00.001-08:00

Whitnie and Nick Alexander

A few weeks ago my baby sister was married in
the Salt Lake Temple.
It was an amazing wedding.

Whit looked so beautiful and Nick so handsome.

We love you guys so much and wish you the very best

Sweater Party

2008-12-08T13:33:00.001-08:00

Our good friends Puck and Jess always throw the funnest Christmas Sweater Party.
We all get together, find the ugliest sweaters possible, eat,play games, exchange gifts, the boys have a very BIG PING-PONG Tournament, and last..we vote the best sweaters there and they get a little prize.

Me and Aaron lookin so good...Sort of went for the 80's look

So there was a tie between Mark and Jared for
best sweater so of course we had to have a
dance off...
Jared shakin his thang

Mark shakin his.

It was so funny to watch but Jared ended up takin the cake!!!

The girls and their beautiful sweaters

Me, Aaron, Heather and Jared lookin so fine

Tag... I'm it!!

2008-11-12T13:32:00.000-08:00

One of my very best friends since I was a little girl finally got a blog and was tagged and then tagged me.... So Tag I am IT and here's what I have to say....

8 Shows I love to watch
1- Grays Anatomy
2- The Office
3- Friends
4- ELLEN ( love her)
5- Desperate Housewives
6- 90210
7- Privledged
8- Seinfeld

8 Places I love to Eat
1-Mama Chus
2- Outback
3-Macaroni Grill
4- Cafe Rio
5- Kneaders
6- Bajio
7- Pizza Factory (only for lunch though)
8- PF Changs

8 things that happened yesterday
1- Taught 32 students
2- Went to lunch with my mom
3-Made Spaghetti for Dinner
4- Babysat my brothers kids
5- Watched Grays Anatomy
6- Hung out with my husband
7-Went to Maceys and did some grocery shopping
8-Celebrated my sister and sister in laws birthdays

8 Things that I am looking forward to
1- Whitnie's Wedding
2- SNOW (only in the mountains though)
3- My 4th wedding Anniversary
4- Christmas
5- Thanksgiving
6- Having Babies
7- Max and Annika
8- Skiing

8 Things I love about Fall
1- The leaves turning colors
2-Halloween and all the fun movies
3-Getting ready for Snow
4- Fall decorations
5- Staying in, snuggling and drinking hot cocoa
6- Getting ready for Christmas
7-The drives up the canyons
8- Dirtbiking

8 Things on my wish list
1- A baby
2- WORLD PEACE
3-All of my 32 students on a Fourth grade level
4- To be on Santa's good list
5- To go on an exotic trip sometime soon
6- Backpack around Europe before I am to old (so in the next 50 yrs)
7- Swim with Dolphins in the Bahamas
8- Everyone to have a great Christmas

8 People that I want to Tag
1-Ryan Hill
2-Amber Bingham
3-Jess Heriford
4-Heather Benson
5- Holly Deaver
6- Lindsay Clyde
7- Liz Gillespie
8-Natalie Jones

Halloween

2008-11-03T19:14:00.000-08:00

Halloween

The three hottest girls ever.....Punk Rock Girl (Jasmine), JUNO (Jess) and the Green Fairy (ME)

We had so much fun on Halloween, we went to Jasmine's Party
up in Cedar Hills and had a blast.
Aaron went as a motor cycle dude(check the freaking cool tattoo)
all his idea, he is so funny.

The cutest class ever, Mrs. Binghams 4th grade
We had so much fun on Halloween
Look how cute they all are!!!
Love them

My Little Sister Is Getting Married!!!

2008-11-03T07:45:00.000-08:00

My sister in law Mandy and I threw a bridal shower for my baby sister.It turned out so good thanks to Mandy and her amazing designer skills.

This is her very cute invitation

These are her adorable decorations that we made. Thank you Martha Stewart..

Me, Whit ( the bride to be), and Mandy.

This was our table set-up, nice huh?

Just kidding, this picture is our inspiration. I forgot to take a picture of it and I was so mad so I thought that I would post this to show you what it sort of looked like.

Me, Grandma Hill and Whit.

Yeah for Holidays

2008-10-25T17:53:00.000-07:00

I love being a teacher, it is so great, especially when it comes to holidays, we get all holidays off and it is great.

During our Fall Break my family was going to California because it is one of our favorite places. Aaron had to go on a buisness trip so I decided to tag along with my family.

We went to Knotts Berry Farm and it was so fun because it was close to Halloween that the park was just decked out in fun stuff, we ran into these guys walking around and they were so attractive that we had to take a picture with them.

Me and Mandy going on the coolest ride ever...."The Accelerator"

That night the park closed at 5:30 and reopened at 7:00 for what they call "THE HAUNT" and it was so scary. I have never been so scared in my life. The park was super dark and they hire a ton of people just to go around the park and scare people to death. Well right when we walked in this guy scared me so bad and muct have loved it that he follwed me around the entire night. I did not like that very much.
The also have a ton of haunted house which are crazy and scary and I guess the people are allowed to touch you because they would not leave me alone....

We also went to Disneyland which was also so much fun because the park was also decorated so awesome, I loved it. It was not even spooky just fun.

I sure LOVE Disneyland

This is right behind Pirates of the Caribean and it
is tradition to take a picture there every time we go.

I love this picutre Ellie and McKay were not to sure

of Buzz light year so Ry had to get in there with them.

It was so fun having them there. I can't wait till we have

kids to take them there.

And of course the best picture of all, right smack dab in the front. I love how they do the flowers of Mickey it is so cool..

We really missed Aaron though, this is the second trip he has had to miss because he has a REAL job now. Yeah for Aaron

Domestication in Progress

2008-10-13T18:48:00.000-07:00

The most Beautiful Chicken Pot Pie ever

Okay so I was so excited to make this Chicken Pot Pie tonight, I know I am the biggest dork for posting this but look how beautiful it is!!! I have been planning this meal for quite some time but just have been so busy and never get around to making it, so here it is....Yeah!
P.S-Not only is it so pretty but it tasted so yummy

Nothin but the BEST place on Earth

2008-09-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

For the week my family went to Lake Powell and we had so much fun.
We did miss the spouses though...

The first day, the men getting to work so that we could park the house boat
Ry, Trev, Dad and Cousin Chris

It was such an adventure, we did everything from

Posing for Pictures (America's Next top Model here I come)...ha ha ha

To getting up super early to be the first ones on the lake.

Mom even gave surfing a try...

Me Wakeboarding, the greatest thing ever.

Dad Air chairing, the funniest thing ever.
I think this might have been the funnest thing there

Ryan, Waterskiing

Jax's the stud showing us all how surfing is really done.

Camp Fires, so so much fun!!!

Trev Wake Boarding

Ry and Whit surfing, freaking awesoe

Just another picture on the beautiful lake

Me, Whit, Ryan and Trevor Wave Running

Dad and Jax

Ridin Dirty!!

2008-09-08T16:00:00.000-07:00

So over the weekend the family decided to take a nice ride up in the mountains before it starts to get cold and it was beautiful, we had so much fun. A few crashes and a few falls but besides that it was GREAT!

Aaron, Whit, Jax, Dad, Ry, Me, Mom and Nick whits boyfriend decided he would give it a shot

I have never seen the mountains prettier than they were today, they were so green and gorgeous. The leaves were just beginning to change colors, I LOVE FALL.....

The boys packing up while me whit and Jax played with the pretty horse. I was tempted to jump over the fence and bare back him but no one would let me. I have actually never done that before just seen it in the movies.....So why not give it a try?

We had tons of fun but wish trevor could have been there..Maybe next time?

A TRIBUTE that is much deserved!!!

2008-08-30T14:00:00.000-07:00

August 27, what a great date! That is when two of the most precious and special people in my life were brought into this wonderful world!

DAD and MOM Hill

There are not enough words to explain how much I love these two people, they are so amazing, wonderful, loveable, helpful, they would both give the shirt off their back to anyone in need, and not to mention they are both two good looking people....

For their birthday they took off to Jackson Hole, one of the most beautiful places ever. Dad surprised mom by renting a Harley. She was so excited but I think dad was a little more stoked!

We love you guys so much and are so grateful for all that you do for us. We are so blessed to have you in our lives. Truly I do not know what we (mostly ME) would do with out you and all your generosity..

Thank you!!!

Uh OH!!!!!

2008-08-23T13:27:00.000-07:00

As you know we love motorcycling, just last week my whole family went and rode all over, up to Wallsburg to Spanish Fork then on to Daniel Summitt. We had so much fun...
So after work on Friday he and my brother took their own little ride up to Squaw Peak. Aaron was just thinking that it was going to be a fast little ride and decided not to wear to much protection......
So the first time that he doesn't wear any protection of course this happens!
Flipped over the handle bars, fell onto his head then onto his arms and then slide on his back the rest of the way down. YIKES
So not to bad just a few scrapes and rasberries all over his body. Thank goodness he was wearing a helmet
Love you babe

California

2008-07-25T18:40:00.000-07:00

Before we left Aaron behind in the dust, mom and dad took us out for Birthday Dinner, mine July 4 and Aarons July 26, to my favorite place, TEPANYAKI

MMMMM MMMMM delicious

Just chillin before we leave.
So every summer since I was 5 my Grandma and Grandpa Hill would take the grandkids on a grandparent trip to any where we wanted, most of the time our choice would of course be Disney land, the greatest place on earth.

This year when I heard they were going I decided to tag along because I am not working right now and Aaron had to work all week. So here are a few pictures of our very fun trip!!!!
DAD, me and Whit on the greatest ride ever...

Just getting soaked on Splash Mountain.

Just in front of Disneyland with the whole crew.

What's a trip with out an accident? We were at California adventure and whit accidentally backed up into me and ripped off my Big Toenail...gross I know

California Adventure's Tower of Terror

Grandma's 2nd favorite ride the famous "Teacups" Her first one, "It's a small world" was closed because they are remodeling, she was not to happy about that.

Getting ready to go shopping

Knotts Berry Farm.. The sickest ride ever and by sick I mean literally sick, you get off and want to run to a bathroom, it flips you everywhere, Jax really wanted to go on it, so being the good sports me and whit joined in and have never felt the same since.

The Bullet, this is a new ride and was so much fun, we went on it so many times, Dad absolutlely loved it and could not get over how, "This ride is such a riot"...

And last but not least, the Famous "Disney's Electrical Light Parade" The greatest thing about Disney Land, it is so much fun to watch.
What a great way to end the trip.

Thanks Mom and Dad for letting me come, I had the best time ever!

Happy Birthday to ME

2008-07-08T10:23:00.000-07:00

Yea, for the forth of JULY

So it happened, on the 4th I turned 24 years old...

Every year goes so fast, I can not believe it.
Me, A and Whit at the fun parade.

We had a barbeque at my parents house later on.
Me and my beautiful mother. With my delicious Key Lime Pie birthday cake

Me and A

Clara and I in the pool. She is so stinkin cute

Ry and Mandy lookin so good

Grandma and Grandpa with Clara

2008-07-08T09:59:00.000-07:00

Slip'n' slide and Bowling.. what more could you ask for?

Mom Bingham was in town a few weeks ago and so we decided to have some fun.

Slip'n' Slide, Bowling, Hiking, Swimming, Lunch, Jump on It and last but not least Classic Skating..serioulsy I do not remember the last time I roller skated but it was so much fun.

ME and AMBER

The Three girls..

Just the clan.

MOM BINGHAM.. looking sensash

EM, Kimmy, and Roxy

ME and Aaron

2008-06-17T17:42:00.000-07:00

Since I have not posted in a while, I wanted to tell you about my weekend! My brother and his family went to Lake Powell from Wednesday to Sunday so I was able to watch their cute little girl, her name is Clara. She truly is one of the best babies ever.

She carried that little lion everywhere we went. Love her!!!!!

Sunday we went over to my parents for Fathers Day

and had a barbeque. This is my beautiful mother.

She is gorgeous....

Tuesday was this little dudes birthday, he is officially OLD , at least that is what he says.
12 come on he is not even a teenager yet... PLEASE

Happy Birthday JAX

Me and my most beautiful little sister. She just returned
from her study abroad in Spain, lucky girl!!

And of course what would Fathers Day be with out a picture of Daddy, he is one handsome man.

Happy Fathers Day dad, LOVE YOU

And last but not least, the whole family.

Except Aaron because like always,

he is always working up at Sundance. Boo..

School is Finally Out

2008-05-31T12:22:00.000-07:00

School's out for summer.....
So time has come to say goodbye to my cute little children. I was really looking forward to this day for a while now. I had the count down going and everything and I just could not wait for this day. But it was surprisingly hard for me. When my students arrived, I had breakfast waiting for them, then we did autograph books, a movie I had made, and then last but not least I did a little graduation ceremony. I handed my students their report cards and then a little certificate of graduating the fourth grade, that was the hard part. I had each come up shake my hand, give me a hug and then if they wanted they made a speech, it was hilarious. At the same time so hard for me. I truly love my class, it has been an amazing first year and I definitely could not have asked for anything better. So just a little tribute to my first year in fourth grade. I LOVE MY LIFE.....

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-05-27T14:56:00.000-07:00

MONTANA !!
We went to Montana for the Long weekend to watch Dustin play in his Great Falls soccer tournament. We left after school Thursday and drive through rain, then snow, then sleet, then a little more rain, and then of course a little more snow.
Geez... Snow in May, come on?
Then we came home Monday, with only rain and lots of it.

When we go to Montana there is not much to do when it is raining like crazy outside. Promise it might have stopped raining twice?
But we love playing games and a few of our favorites are Five Crowns (i know getto picture, don't worry about it) and...

Ticket to Ride, taught to us by our best buds, Puck and Jess.

We really had so much fun, we just love it up there, its so relaxing and I just love the Bingham clan (spell check).

This is Dust, crazy kid, gotta love him.

Dust, mom, dad and me playing our favorite Ticket to Ride. Seriously it is the funnest game you should all play it! We have it and you can just stop by and play a quick round.

Aaron and Dust eating Lunch

The MEN just grilling up a little grub. Aren't they all so good looking? DANG...

And another pic of Dust and his best friend Daisy Jane.

TESTING IS OVER.....

2008-05-14T07:36:00.000-07:00

Yeah.. its over. These are my sweet little students hard at work.
But they actually liked testing because in between each test
I would hand out (healthy) snacks which they loved.
My favorite part of this picture is the boy in the middle, with his head lying on his desk. The poor little dear.

Celebration...Testing is officially done.

and the other half of my class..

Me and Anndee, another 4th grade teacher, so happy that we are done testing and that school is almost over!!
I have no idea what that little dude is doing in the back ground though.....
Just trying to do a little modeling I guess?

14 more days

2008-05-09T14:03:00.000-07:00

14 more days till school is out!!!
YEAH

Today we had a Field Trip and I
realized how grateful I am for
the summertime.
Being in charge of 100 students
is a little overwhelming....

Rendezvous

2008-05-03T13:55:00.000-07:00

Yup, thats right Rendezvous
Remember the mountain man way back when? They used to trade and trap fur (pelts). My fourth graders study Utah Social Studies (mountain men, Indians, Pioneers..) everything. So Friday we had a very big Rendezvous Day.
We had a mountain man come, we trapped pelts, we played games, got our faces painted, ate chili and cornbread in tin pans, and actually got to trade and trap with the other fourth graders at our school.
We had so much fun

For one of the games we had a bean toss. I had my picture taken and this is what turned out.

The kids absolutely loved it. They had so much fun throwing bean bags at our faces, it was so fun to watch. My face only got one hole through it. The other teacher faces were ripped to shreds... I wonder who they like the best? No just kidding.

Anndee (montain man girl), Norean (pelt lady), Me (Indian princess), and Norma-Jean(1/2 mountain man 1/2 Indian Cheif)

We had so much fun. I love the fourth grade.
P.S only 19 more days of school.....

Remodeling

2008-04-29T08:49:00.000-07:00

Remodeling Time
Of course like any other time of year my parent decided to start a new project!
Not a big surprise..
So for this project they decided that they wanted to remodel their bedroom and start brand new!
TO do this we needed to break down a few walls one of which was my fathers office, so before we started throwing the hammers my little brother ran and got some permanent markers and started drawing. It looked so fun that we all decided to draw a little piece of art..... This is what turned out.

Jax and his great drawings. Sweet Volcom sign dude!

"Whizzilicious definition makes the boys go loco"
She is so funny and really into the peace sign.
She actually wants a tatoo of the sign. ? Crazy girl

Dad, Jax, Mom, Me and Whit against the great wall of Art.

The school teacher and her class under a great Big tree and Sun with a beautiful flower to the side. I love flowers.. maybe that will be my tatoo.....(lol)

Yikes... I could not get the picture to rotate, I tried for like an hour and I just couldn't figure it out, sorry hun! Juts turn your head and look at it from the other way.
Aaron and his wonderful drawing of himself on a dirtbike going up the mountain, he is actually a really good artist, I'm sorry you can't see it better!

After art time it was all work and getting totally filthy.
As soon as the remodeling is finished I'll post on all the hard work we did and show you how great it turned out.

Spring Break

2008-04-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

Warm Weather here we come!!
So I dont know what it is but this winter has just gotten to me, I hate the cold weather and this winter has just seemed EXTRA long and Extra Cold.
So for Spring Break Aaron and I headed down to St. George.
We stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's place and then Whit came down and surprised Nick a few days later.

We headed down Wednesday after Aaron's second
to last Final.
It was so fun because we got to spend just some
alone time just hanging out together. It seems with
teaching and Aaron in school we never have anytime
to just hang out.
Then on Friday Puck and Jess headed down and we
were able to meet up with our friends Morgan
and Leslie for Dinner.
Saturday we planned the funnest day ever.
First we met Morgan, Puck and Jess at the college
for a little Tennis Time.
Leslie is pregnant and she was a little sick so she
couldn't come.
Check out the tennis rackets..These guys?

Me and Jess just got done playing a tough game and were a little tired
so we took a little Half Time.

After getting done with Tennis we headed up to Mo's place
for a little cool off at his pool. It was a little windy today
but still felt so much better than snow in Provo.

Morgan then took off to Provo for work so boys went golfing and girls went shopping.
Then met up for a little dinner at Texas Road House.
It was the greatest place, and really yummy food.
You get to eat peanuts and then just throw them
anywhere you want on the floor
ITS GREAT!!

And this is Whit with our crazy server, truly he was nuts!!

We had so much fun.. Me and Aaron decided that we want to move down there because it is just the greatest place. Always warm, never cold and only three hours away from Provo. You couldn't ask for anything better.
It might be a little bit of a commute for me with teaching but thats okay!!

Teacher Appreciation Week

2008-04-06T18:19:00.001-07:00

Okay, so this was seriously one of the best weeks of school in my life!
The parents of my students in class get together and plan nice things to do for me all week.
It's called Teacher Appreciation Week
Monday we got breakfast. then the rest of the week I had moms bring me lunch everyday, Bajio, Kneaders, Calazones and Subway.
And Tuesday I came to school and this is what my door looked like...
In all of those little hats it has pictures of my students I just loved it.

Then the funniest thing happened.. On Friday I went to pick my kids up outside and on the way in one of my students had this BIG basket just full of stuff in it, Diet Coke, Candy, Tissues, Pencils,Markers etc. seriously everything.
He runs into my class and he yells, "Mrs. Bingham, the Easter Bunny came late this year."
Then another kid yells, "Brenan you were not supposed to give it to her yet!"
Then out of no where all of my students just kept bringing all of these candies, diet coke's, gift certificates, picture frames, cards and so much more to my desk. That is what you see below.

Monday I had more Diet Coke and Reese's peanut butter cups on my desk.
And the best gift of all was that red book. My room mom made it for me, she took pictures of my students and had them write notes to me and then put it all together in that book, so cute.
Definitely a keepsake.

Movie Night

2008-04-02T12:45:00.001-07:00

Aarons mom came into town last week with his little brother for their Spring Break. Aaron really loved The movie Dan in Real life and wanted to show it to his mom. SO the last night we were here we watched one of the greatest movies.... (sorry a little fuzzy)

I'm not sure that Donna (Aarons mom really liked it to much). Bummer

Mom, Em(aaorns little sis.), Donny (Em's husband), Dust (little bro), Michael(Dust's friend)

We went over to Aarons little sister's in law's to watch it and had the yummiest dinner. "Veggie Tacos" mmm delicious. Em's( aarons little sister) mother in law made them for us.

This is Valiene (Donny's mom), amber(Aarons other little sis) and Me.

We had so much fun we just wished they(his family) lived closer to us and not in Montana!!

Easter Weekend

2008-03-24T18:40:00.000-07:00

This weekend was so good... I just absolutely LOVE easter it is one of the greatest holidays. Saturday me and Aaron worked in the yard for 5 hours with the fam, which was really the highlight of our day...just kidding. Around 2:00Ryan came over with his cute family

Mckay, Ellie, Me and Clara just waiting for the boys to get home from there motorcycle ride so that the Easter eggg hunt could begin

Yeah!!! They finally got home and we were able to start.

During the Egg hunt Grandpa and Grandma Hill came over to have a little fun. Mom, Dad, and G and g hill hide 100 rolo candies all over the yard and the competition was between me and Aaron and Ryan and Mandy. So we were searching High and Low because for each rolo we found we could cash it in for a Gold Coin. We had such a good time we came out pretty even though Mandy found like 10 before I even found 1. We had so much fun..

McKay and Ellie with the Eater baskets. They
were so excited I could hardly get them to hold still
just to take a picture.

Clara kissing her new easter bear that Grandpa Jeff and Grandma Sherrie gave her.

It was so cute, anytime Grandpa would kiss her
she wanted to kiss the bear. I just love her, its
sort of making me baby hungry.

Grandma Sherrie helping Ellie find one of her last Eggs.

So all in all we had a really great holiday. We were so glad that Ryan and Mandy could be back at home sweet home to share it with us. We really missed Trevor and his family though.
Thanks mom and dad for such a great day!

UTAH, THIS IS THE PLACE!!!!

2008-03-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

So this week has been nothing but STRESSFUL.. it's been crazy. It was time for my fourth graders to perform the BIG UTAH program we have been working on all year! I was put in charge of teaching my class a Spanish Dance, that was the most stressful thing but it went so good. I wish I was a dance teacher, that would be so much fun... well its never to late.

This was all four fourth grade classes and I would like you to look above on the curtains... Yup, got in charge of that too. below, is my cute class with me right in the middle, aren't they so.. cute, I love them.

This is another picture that I took
and it was sort of blurry...figures.

This is another picture, but the only little guy that was looking
was Brenan, he transfered in during the middle of the year. When
they came to meet with me, me and his mom just started laughing
because she is my second cousin and had no idea that I worked there.

So it turns out that the night went fabulous, my little
kids danced and sang their hearts out.
That night I walked away a very proud teacher.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

2008-03-21T13:26:00.000-07:00

What is this?

So my computer has been broken for the past 2 weeks and I finally have gotten a loner one, you know the one that no body wants, until mine is fixed. So today I finally had a chance to get on my blog. After I looked at my blog I just realized I needed something new because I know.. pulling it up and seeing the same thing time after time after time gets a little boring..So I took some pictures of my class last night at our BIG UTAH 4th grade program which I will post later...
As I was looking at everyone else's blog this thing came up when I went to comment on something.. How annoying. I mean truly do we; just not trust people?.. I mean if this thing comes up before you post a comment Im not sure that it is going to scare off someone to leave a comment.
I dont mean to go off on a tangent I was just wondering where they came up with this???

Presidents Day Weekend

2008-03-04T20:57:00.000-08:00

Me and Aaron were able to go down to St. George for Presidents Day Weekend with my family and take our Dirt Bikes.
Aaron, me, Dad, Mom, Whit and Jax

While we were out riding, we found some really sweet jumps and this is my AMMMAzing little sister Whit. She is not afraid of anything its so fun to watch her.

Just taking a short snack brake. It was so nice, it got so warm that day, I think it actually got up to 60. It was the best thing ever, compared to Provo.

My awesome husband, he is also so brave I can't believe some of the things that he was doing. Jumped everything and anything in sight.

Another picture of Aaron.

And last but not least my 50 year old dad acting like a kid again. Can you believe this guy? Who does he think he is? Gotta love him

While we were out, we found some Dinosaur Tracks and Trails. I thought that I had to get a picture of this because I am teaching Dinosaurs and Fossils to my Fourth grade students.

Some of the Trace Fossils. It was so cool to see them.

One of the Cutest Nieces EVER

2008-03-04T19:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Ellie!!!

Me and Whit just hanging out, isn't she so cute?

We looked for a BIG Kitty Cat to get Ellie, she is obsessed with Aaron and my kitty NOLLIE but we found this great big coloring Princess Board and a little stuffed kitty.

Me, Ellie and poor Aaron in his sling (he just had surgery)

McKay and Ellie just gawking at all her presents, poor McKay is a little jealous

Aaron, Ry, Mom, Haley and Ellie

We Love you Ellie

Gotta Love being a Teacher

2008-02-08T18:10:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know that I have not posted in so long, I have been major busy and seriously dont have a life!! But the other night we had parent teacher conference and I had two parents actually going at it.. I mean they were swearing at each other and I thought I might be on Jerry Springer, it was so.. funny.
So I am sitting there talking to parents and they just kept talking and talking and... Finally they left, I had this mom come and sit right down. Then another mom comes up with the sign in sheet and she says, "Excuse me, can you tell me who was next?" Well the mom sitting down freaks out because she was still three away. So she gets up walks over to the lady and just gives it to her... Yikes, I just did not know What to do, all I could do what sit there and apologize because I seriously DID NOT know what to do. Finally the mom left and it was sort of little settled down but, Promise PArent TeaCheR ConFereNceS can be SOOOOO SCARY!
Just thought I would give you a little piece of my life .... Fun right?

Christmas in Montana

2008-01-08T18:33:00.000-08:00

I know that this post is way to late, seeing that we are now in January but I really needed to post something and so here it is....MERRY CHRISTMAS

We spent Christmas in Montana this year with Aarons family and had so much fun. The day before we left I got my Wisdom Teeth so most of the time we were up there my mouth was just killing me. Come to find out after being up there for 4 days I realized something was wrong and of course, after being so careful, I developed 2 dry sockets. It was horrible....

This is mom, dad and Dust. We just got done playing my very favorite game that we got for Christmas "Ticket to Ride" if you have not played it you need to go and buy it because it is THE greatest game ever.

Okay, in Montana there is really not much to do.. While we were there we played lots and lots of games, as you can see we are playing "Rummikub." We also watched lots and lots of movies which is also very great. Last, but not least we ate lots of food, except for it was sort of hard with my teeth, so I blended up everything I ate. Just kidding, how gross would that be?
This is Donny and Emily, just a really good early morning Christmas Day picture.

2007-12-09T21:19:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! 'Tis the Season to be NICE!

Merry Christmas

1. Wrapping paper or gift bag? Wrap bra, if it don’t rip it aint hip
2. Real tree or artificial? Real, nothing beats the woodland smell, sap, lotta sap (Christmas vacation)
3. When do you put up your tree? If you’re my mother in law thanksgiving, if you’re me, as soon as I start dreaming about that white Christmas!
4. When do you take down your tree? After Kensie’s cat has managed to destroy every ornament and ribbon, I give her…3 days max
5. Do you like eggnog? If you can’t chew it on the way down I don’t want it, right pops, it aint the holidays without the NOG!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Matching Karate PJs!
7. Do you have a nativity scene? We almost had to put the couch on the street just to get the tree in, you have to sacrifice somewhere
8. Hardest person to buy for? Dad, what can I say, the guy has an unbreakable sense of fashion!
9. Easiest person to buy for? Mom, she always down for a nice nit sweater!!
10. Worst Christmas gift you've ever received? Chemistry set, don’t know who the folks were trying to fool with that one, can’t blame them for having high hopes!!
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail ya kiddin me!
12. Favorite Christmas movie? No brainier Christmas Vacation, home alone, It’s a wonderful life (mom) and Family Stone
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? As soon as the creative juices start to flow… or after the annual draw.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Don’t believe in it, after all “you could shoot you eye out!”
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Grandma As apple pie and buns!!
16. White or colored lights? Come on, I’m dreamin of a white Christmas baby!
17. Favorite Christmas song? I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
18. Traveling for Christmas or stay home? Where ever the Fam’s gonna be so will we!
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? “Scoop of chocolate, scoop of vanilla, don’t waste my time!”
20. Angel or Star on top of tree? No preference, just as long as the cat doesn’t pull it down
21. Open presents Christmas Eve or Morning? Santa doesn’t come till the morning ya’ll!
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Finals, not for long!!!
23. Favorite Holiday Traditions? Being with my mama, pops, 2 kid sisters, my little bro, my beautiful wife, the rest of the clan and the Christmas story
24. What I love most about Christmas? Spending time with my family, doing nothing but enjoying one and another… looking back 10 years bet you’d never guess that one would come out of my mouth huh ma? Love you all Merry Christmas